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Editorial: Smithfield’s civic spirit flourishes

Declining civic engagement is one of modern society’s fundamental challenges. Communities are weaker when their citizens withdraw from ...

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Farmers Market gets needed fresh look

Kudos to Steve Bowman. Even though it wasn’t on the agenda, some thought must have been given to ...

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Editorial – More rooftops won’t help real estate tax rate

One of the more spurious claims of elected leaders who’ve allowed the community to be overrun by residential ...

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Editorial – Why the secrecy on roundabout?

Voters sent two strong messages in the recent Smithfield Town Council election. The first was for elected leaders ...

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Editorial – Smithfield voters deliver mandate

Perhaps never has a citizenry so clearly imposed its will than in last week’s Smithfield Town Council election. ...

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Editorial – Sound off on rapid growth

Anyone needing a reminder of the importance of citizen involvement in the pending update of Isle of Wight ...

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Editorial – More details needed on farmers market

Amber Wells was generous in describing the proposed ownership of a farmers market, restaurant and retail building at ...

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Editorial – Our election duty: Inform, not endorse

This week’s front page wraps up a 12-part series of questions and answers from candidates for the Smithfield ...

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Editorial – Roundabout funding is premature

Effective transportation infrastructure requires long-range planning, so we’re hesitant to throw cold water on the proposal to build ...

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Editorial – Times is grateful for your support

Our hearts were warmed by the outpouring of support for our newspaper last week as the Smithfield Town ...

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